A. Fletcher Spigner House, ca. 1920 — Columbia, South Carolina. Located at 2028 Wheat Street near the northeastern edge of the Wales Garden neighborhood, the A. Fletcher Spigner House is an exceptional Columbia example of the Tudor Revival style applied to a substantial early twentieth-century residence. Constructed in 1920 for A. Fletcher Spigner, a prominent Columbia attorney, former state senator, and Fifth Judicial Circuit solicitor, the house was designed by the noted Columbia architectural firm Lafaye & Lafaye. The large double-pile, rectangular frame dwelling presents a carefully composed exterior characterized by a steeply pitched red terra-cotta tile roof, stuccoed upper story, and prominent areas of faux half-timbering that give the house its distinctly Tudor appearance. A one-story central entrance portico provides a formal focal point to the principal elevation, while the combination of masonry-like stucco, dark timber detailing, varied roof forms, and carefully proportioned windows creates the picturesque character associated with the style. A contemporary garage survives as an important secondary structure, complementing the main residence and reinforcing its original residential setting.

The house is significant not only for its architecture but also for its association with several prominent Columbia families. Spigner commissioned the residence at a time when he was serving as Fifth Circuit Solicitor, a position he held from 1918 until his death in 1945. After selling the property to Josephine F. Fuller Wilson in 1929, the house subsequently became associated with the Wilson family and later with Alice Crosby Doughty Seibels, a member of Columbia’s influential Seibels family and a noted advocate for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The residence thus reflects the development of Columbia’s fashionable early twentieth-century suburbs and the growing popularity of revival styles among the city’s professional and civic elite. Recognized for its architectural significance and as an important work of Lafaye & Lafaye, the A. Fletcher Spigner House was individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, preserving an especially fine expression of Tudor Revival domestic architecture in Columbia.